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4 year old 150G tank & stand, plus ALL of my aquarium hobby accessories. 2 Eheim Canister filters 2 heaters tons of other food, accessories, heaters, filters, etc, etc, etc. There are chemistry testers, chemicals, food, protein skimmers, hob filters, electronic monitors, hatcheries, diatom...

I have a question about electrical protection after outages. My local power company has been doing some work in my area over the last few weeks. As a result, I've had a bunch of short (less than 5 second) outages, which have played havoc with my filtration system. I have a 150G FW tank, and...

Picture Here's the best pic I can get of it through the glass.

I'm setting up a new 150G. It's currently cycling with about 150lbs of Fiji live rock. My ammonia levels are off the chart right now---but, I appear to have some sort of critter thriving in this environment. It's about 1.5 inches long, gray, with some black stripes. Has a sucker-like mouth...

I've got a 2-year old 150G FW SA cichlid tank that has what looks like white powder specs floating on the water surface. These just appeared a day or two ago, and are very dense. If you put your finger in the water, they'll adhere to your hand. Any ideas on what this is? Should I be...

It's a brown-grayish color, in my estimation. Algae???

My 150G Cichlid Tank (see specs in sig) is continuously cloudy. It's a mature tank, water chemistry checks out a-ok, and all the fish are doing well (and my convicts breed like rabbits, unfortunately!!!), but the water is a bit cloudy. I know that Cichlids require a lot of filtration (see my...

Ok, this probably seems like a really basic question, but, how do I use my Instant Ocean hydrometer? I'm brand new to keeping a SW aquarium, and I'm measuring the salinity for the first time. I'm finding the usage instructions that came with the device not very clear, so I'm unsure if I'm...

Anyone have any suggestions on an SA cichlid (or two) that I could add to my tank to add some color? See my tank profile below.... My main problem is that with the exception of the Red Jewel, all of the fish blend in relatively with the background. I love the cichlids, and really didn't get...

I use a Python, with two extensions on it, up a flight of stairs to my kitchen. Works like a charm!!!

So, I just installed a new 2028 for my FW cichlid tank, along with the prefilter on the intake. I had 2 AC500s on this tank, and they weren't doing an adequate job, so I bit the bullet and went with the Eheim. My question, since this is my first canister filter. I'm currently running 1...

I've got a 150G FW cichlid tank with two AC110 (500) HOB filters. My problem is that the foam insert, and it's mounting mechanism (the grayish plastic, u-shaped apparatus) keeps rising to the top and out of place. Anyone have any ideas how to stop this, or is this just normal behavior. I've...

I had some plain old white crawfish in with my cichlids. Let's see...one crawfish consumed over the course of 1 month: 2 Red Terrors (3 inch) 2 Oscars (3 inch) 1 crawfish (2 inch) 1 pleco (3 inch) 1 convict (2 inch) It also molted twice in 2 months, one morning, I woke up to find him...

Well, I broke down, and broke down the tank as a result. Took it back to the LFS, and they were nice enough to discount me on another, even though the thing was 10 months old. Their words---"It shouldn't bow like that--since it's glass, any bowing could lead to trouble, and since it just...

Well, the floor itself wasn't perfectly leveled, so I had to play around with the stand when I set it up. End result--the top of the stand where the tank actually sits is level. There is no center brace, as there is on my bigger tanks...I would think there should be one there too.... As far...